Even the most PROMINENT Bee-Keepers, like Randy Oliver, DISAGREE WITH THEM.

Bee-Keepers LIE about the fact that bee deaths are actually the FAULT of their MIS-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

And, it is HIGHLY PROBABLE that Bee-Keepers have been DELIBERATELY KILLING THEIR BEES WITH INSECTICIDE with the MALICIOUS INTENT OF COERCING AND INTIMIDATING Government Officials into PROHIBITING pest control products.

Bee-Keepers LIE and LIE and LIE and LIE !

They NEVER STOP LYING !

They are LYING SACKS OF ANTI-PESTICIDE CWAP !

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Neonicotinoid

Insecticides

Are NOT

Killing Bees

September 2nd, 2013

Randy Oliver

The Daily Caller

Mid-Western United States

Selected And Adapted Excerpts

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Summary

According to Randy Oliver ―

• Bees are actually THRIVING on seed-treated canola in Canada.

• CHECK THE FACTS FIRST before deciding about the reasons for Bee Colony Collapse Disorder.

• Current insecticide issues with bees are, in fact, THE LEAST EVER SEEN.

• Insecticides other than Neonicotinoid Insecticides are THE MORE LIKELY PROBLEM.

• Neonicotinoid Insecticides are NOT the cause of today’s bee problems.

• Neonicotinoid Insecticides are, in fact, REDUCED RISK INSECTICIDES.

• NO researcher has ever succeeded in killing colonies of bees by feeding them field-realistic doses of Neonicotinoid Insecticides.

• So-called problems with Neonicotinoid Insecticides are NOT supported by scientific evidence and ground evidence.

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Check The Facts First

According to Randy Oliver ―

I’m a professional Bee-Keeper and Independent Research Scientist.

My sons and I run a 1000-colony bee-keeping operation.

I talk on a daily basis with Bee-Keepers and researchers around the world.

Bees are my life.

I’m also a lifelong environmentalist and organic gardener, coming of age at the time Silent Spring was published.

So when bee colonies ― including my own ― started to die at an increased rate in the winter of 2004-2005, roughly coinciding with the introduction of the Neonicotinoid Insecticides, the claim that they were killing off the bees resonated with me.

But my scientific training called for me to actually CHECK THE FACTS of the situation.

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Honeybees Are Not Going Extinct

The first inconvenient truth is that HONEYBEES ARE NOT GOING EXTINCT ― colony numbers are actually increasing in both the U.S. and around the world.

But it is tougher to keep them alive these days, even in the absence of insecticide exposure, due to novel parasites and declining forage.

Then, I visited GROUND ZERO FOR NEONIC USE [ a.k.a. Neonicotinoid Insecticides ] ― the American Corn Belt ― in which up to two of every three acres of ground are planted with Neonic-seed-treated corn or soy.

[ The Corn Belt is a region of the Mid-Western United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses. ]

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Current Insecticide Issues With Bees Are The Least Ever Seen

To my great surprise, I met many Bee-Keepers who were adamant that CURRENT INSECTICIDE ISSUES WITH BEES WERE THE LEAST THEY’VE EVER BEEN !

To me, that observation, plus the fact that BEES WERE ALSO THRIVING ON SEED-TREATED CANOLA IN CANADA, simply DID NOT INDICATE THAT NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES WERE INDEED THE CAUSE OF TODAY’S BEE PROBLEMS.

If they were, how could Bee-Keepers in the middle of the most intense applications not be noticing ?

As a Bee-Keeper and an Environmentalist, I have no particular love for pesticides.

But, the more I investigate insecticide issues and honeybees, the less I feel that they are our number one, or even number two, problem.

But that’s not to say that insecticides are not a problem to Bee-Keepers in some areas.

There are occasionally serious bee kills due to the insecticides from the FUGITIVE DUST involved in the planting of corn ( this is a problem which is being intensively worked on ) and from the spraying of crops with other insecticides while they are in bloom.

And, we have long known that some insecticides cause long-term sub-lethal effects that can result in later colony morbidity or mortality.

So, are the Neonicotinoid Insecticides making things better, or worse ?

When I look at the results of the EXTENSIVE TESTING for insecticide residues in bee hives, what stands out is that the Neonicotinoid Insecticides ARE SELDOM FOUND.

The independent ( meaning trusted by Bee-Keepers ) Penn State researchers conclude that the PYRETHROID INSECTICIDES OVERALL POSE FAR MORE POTENTIAL FOR HARM TO BEES THAN NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES.

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

No Scientific Evidence And No Ground Evidence

So, as attractive as The-Neonics-Are-Causing-The-Extinction-Of-The-Honeybee-Hypothesis is, I simply DON’T FIND IT TO BE SUPPORTED BY EITHER THE SCIENTIFIC NOR ON-THE-GROUND EVIDENCE.

Add to that the fact that NO researcher, despite considerable effort in that direction, HAS EVER SUCCEEDING IN KILLING COLONIES OF BEES BY FEEDING THEM FIELD-REALISTIC DOSES OF NEONICOTINOIDS, even for extended periods of time.

Again, that’s not to say that insecticides are not a serious issue to some unfortunate Bee-Keepers.

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Insecticides Other Than Neonicotinoids Are The More Likely Problem

Devastating insecticide spray kills are regrettably all too common, and some agricultural areas are known to Bee-Keepers as death traps.

When I look at the insecticide use in those areas, and at residue analyses of combs, it appears that INSECTICIDES OTHER THAN THE NEONICOTINOIDS ARE MORE LIKELY THE PROBLEM.

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Randy Oliver ― Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are NOT Killing Bees ?

Neonicotinoid Insecticides Are Reduced Risk Insecticides

The evidence to date appears to support the claim that Neonicotinoid Insecticides are indeed REDUCED RISK INSECTICIDES ( with certain caveats regarding planting dust, foliar and drench applications, and landscape use, for which I have some misgivings ).

Agricultural insecticides have always been a problem for bees.

But things are clearly better these days than in the past.

We’ve phased out the worst insecticides.

I can’t say with certainly that the Neonicotinoids are better, but when used carefully, they certainly appear to be an improvement as we transition to even more so-called friendly biologicals, new technologies, and Integrated Pest Management.

We’ve still got a long way to go in protecting pollinators, but we seem to be moving in the right direction.

• Bee-Keepers appear to be UNABLE or UNWILLING to get their major pest problems under control, such as VARROA MITES, leading observers to conclude that that Bee-Keepers may NOT BE COMPETENT to handle their businesses, and may be WHOLLY UNSUITED to be raising bees. http://wp.me/p1jq40-6WJ

• Bee-Keepers are blaming insecticides as a PLOY TO DISTRACT the public and Government Officials from the REAL PROBLEMS OF BEE-KEEPERS, such as BOTULISM, a paralytic illness that can be FATAL and KILLS INFANTS. http://wp.me/p1jq40-77N

Communities and businesses are being HARMED and DESTROYED and RAPED by PROHIBITIONS against pest control products used in the Urban Landscape, and by other ACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TERRORISM.

We are living in the 9|11 Era of Anti Pesticide and Environmental Terrorism where at least ONE SUBVERSIVE ACT OF TERROR is perpetrated EVERY SINGLE DAY by these terrorist.

We are living in the DARK AGE OF ANTI PESTICIDE TERRORISM where sound science is trumped by FAKE SCIENTISTS, JUNK SCIENCE and UNVERIFIABLE SECRET EVIDENCE through FABRICATION, INNUENDO, and INTERNET RUMOR ― scientific research PROVES that pest control products CAUSE NO HARM and can be USED SAFELY.

An informed public is better able to protect itself and its communities and businesses from so-called activists who are THE LEAST QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE ANY ADVICE about pest control products or the environment.

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